Sunak set to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester
Rishi Sunak will tomorrow confirm he is scrapping the HS2 link between Manchester and Birmingham, Coffee House understands. The prime…
Steve Barclay turns to AI to save the NHS
The NHS is struggling to cope with an ageing population. Disputes over pay have created a stand off between doctors…
No special schools? Pull the other one…
Some commissioners have suggested removing special schools. They mustn’t have worked in the good ones! At one point in my…
There’s a critical flaw in the Voice
There’s a very important message I want Indigenous Australians to hear. If the ‘Yes’ vote is unsuccessful in the Voice…
Why I will vote ‘No’
Australians are being asked to approve a permanent change to our Constitution. This change is racist in intent and divisive…
More like $50 billion: Kamahl’s $40 billion figure on Indigenous spending wasn’t too high
The Sunday Project’s Hamish McDonald’s face expressed all the earnestness of an 18-year-old first-year university student naïvely trying to convince their…
Jeremy Hunt: we underestimated the impact of money-printing
Speaking at the Centre for Policy Studies fringe event at Conservative party conference this afternoon, Jeremy Hunt reiterated once again…
The great Tory dilemma: try to win or prepare for defeat?
What are the Conservatives putting the most effort into: winning the next election, or life after defeat? While Rishi Sunak…
We need trans-only wards
The Health Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to ban transwomen like me from female hospital wards today. Let’s be clear, the…
Does Germany want to bring down Giorgia Meloni?
Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister and replace her with someone more to the…
Welcome to country: the racism of ‘arrivalism’
Recently, I attended an outdoor painting festival. At the opening of the exhibition, the white Caucasian blonde MC did the…
The niche, elitist research of universities: a waste of money
Each year more than $12 billion disappears into the abyss vaguely described as ‘research and development’ in the higher education…
UK Home Secretary: multi-culturalism has failed
Suella Braverman didn’t mince her words when declaring that multi-culturalism has been a failure for the United Kingdom. The UK’s…
A school phone ban is long overdue
Around the time my eldest son started secondary school, I had a worrying glimpse into his private life. We’d put…
Victoria’s new Premier likes red shirts
For his supposed sins, Jesus died on the cross at 3 pm. Crucified by the mob, a crown of thorns…
mRNA technology used in Covid vaccines wins the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
As questions mount across the world regarding the long-term safety and efficacy of mRNA Covid vaccines, the Nobel Prize in…
RFK goes rogue
A week from today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to make an announcement in Philadelphia that will almost certainly entail…
Tom Ford is back (without Tom Ford)
What happens to a fashion brand when the founder leaves? Or, to be more direct, what is Tom Ford without…
Why Dame Sharon White failed at John Lewis
There are lots of plausible explanations for Dame Sharon White’s failure at the department store and grocery chain John Lewis.…
What you won’t learn from Channel 4’s Partygate drama
Partygate has morphed from a half-forgotten scandal into a new drama-documentary which airs on Channel 4 tomorrow night. This rehash…
Is this year’s Tory conference slogan the worst ever?
Boris Johnson got plenty of things wrong as prime minister but he at least knew how to come up with…
The mayors’ road to serfdom
If you have plans about the kind of life you’d like to be living in 2030, think again. A cabal…
Does Rishi Sunak hate dogs?
Every world leader these days needs to have a pet. Joe Biden has a pair of out-of-control German Shepherds that…
What went wrong with Billy Bragg?
An online ding-dong is like a full complement of condiments at lunch; you wouldn’t want to live off it, but…
Rishi outlines Keir Starmer’s five ‘pledges’ in 1922 speech
Rishi Sunak’s first Conservative party conference as prime minister is off to a roaring start. Never one to miss a…
